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Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report.
Rationale. Neovascular glaucoma is the type of glaucoma most refractory to treatment. The most frequent causes are those associated with retinal hypoxia, such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal arterial occlusion, isc...
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2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057253 |
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author | Ungureanu, E Geamanu, A Careba, I Grecescu, M Gradinaru, S |
author_facet | Ungureanu, E Geamanu, A Careba, I Grecescu, M Gradinaru, S |
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description | Rationale. Neovascular glaucoma is the type of glaucoma most refractory to treatment. The most frequent causes are those associated with retinal hypoxia, such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal arterial occlusion, ischemic ocular syndrome etc. Rare causes of neovascular glaucoma are multiple and are due to VEGF synthesis associated with chorioretinal inflammations or degenerations. We present a case with neovascular glaucoma associated with an extremely rare cause, angioid streaks Objective. The objective of our prsentation was to asses efficacy of the 5-FU associated trabeculectomy following bevacizumab intravitreal administration Methods and results. Case report of a 48 years old female patient which presented at the emergency room with painful red left eye. At presentation best corrected left eye visual acuity was 1/10, intraocular pressure was 36 mm Hg. Examination established the diagnosis of Neovascular glaucoma associated with angioid streaks. After intravenous Manitol, oral Acetazolamide and topical treatment with fixed combination timolol-brinzolamide, topical steroid and mydriatic intraocular pressure decreased. Intravitreal bevacizumab injection was performed, followed after 3 weeks by trabeculectomy. Discussion. Angioid streaks are an extremely rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. The treatment is similar to the treatment for other causes of neovascular glaucoma |
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spelling | pubmed-48136222016-04-07 Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. Ungureanu, E Geamanu, A Careba, I Grecescu, M Gradinaru, S J Med Life Case Presentations Rationale. Neovascular glaucoma is the type of glaucoma most refractory to treatment. The most frequent causes are those associated with retinal hypoxia, such as proliferative diabetic retinopathy, central retinal vein occlusion, branch retinal vein occlusion, central retinal arterial occlusion, ischemic ocular syndrome etc. Rare causes of neovascular glaucoma are multiple and are due to VEGF synthesis associated with chorioretinal inflammations or degenerations. We present a case with neovascular glaucoma associated with an extremely rare cause, angioid streaks Objective. The objective of our prsentation was to asses efficacy of the 5-FU associated trabeculectomy following bevacizumab intravitreal administration Methods and results. Case report of a 48 years old female patient which presented at the emergency room with painful red left eye. At presentation best corrected left eye visual acuity was 1/10, intraocular pressure was 36 mm Hg. Examination established the diagnosis of Neovascular glaucoma associated with angioid streaks. After intravenous Manitol, oral Acetazolamide and topical treatment with fixed combination timolol-brinzolamide, topical steroid and mydriatic intraocular pressure decreased. Intravitreal bevacizumab injection was performed, followed after 3 weeks by trabeculectomy. Discussion. Angioid streaks are an extremely rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. The treatment is similar to the treatment for other causes of neovascular glaucoma Carol Davila University Press 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4813622/ /pubmed/27057253 Text en ©Carol Davila University Press http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Presentations Ungureanu, E Geamanu, A Careba, I Grecescu, M Gradinaru, S Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title | Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title_full | Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title_fullStr | Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title_full_unstemmed | Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title_short | Angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. Case report. |
title_sort | angioid streaks - a rare cause of neovascular glaucoma. case report. |
topic | Case Presentations |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4813622/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27057253 |
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